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Dis Colon Rectum
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February 2005
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine by means of a national database whether higher surgeon caseload correlates with greater utilization of sphincter-sparing procedures than of abdominoperineal resections in treatment of patients with rectal can ...
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Ann Surg
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January 2004
OBJECTIVE: To compare length of hospital stay, in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality, and rate of routine discharge between laparoscopic and open appendectomy based on a representative, nationwide database. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Numerous sing ...
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Arch Surg
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November 2003
HYPOTHESIS: Laparoscopic colectomy has significant advantages over open colectomy in the treatment of diverticular disease with respect to the length of hospital stay, routine hospital discharge, and postoperative morbidity and mortality. DESIGN: Retrospec ...
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J Bone Joint Surg Am
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September 2003
BACKGROUND: The relationship between volume and outcome of total knee arthroplasties has never been evaluated in a nationally representative sample, to our knowledge. We hypothesized that surgeons and hospitals with higher patient volumes would have better ...
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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March 31, 1998
In both humans and experimental animals, the ability to perceive contours that are vertically or horizontally oriented is superior to the perception of oblique angles. There is, however, no consensus about the developmental origins or functional basis of t ...
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